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On the train back home

and I happen to set on the side of the train that doesn't have the working plug ins... and my battery is about ready to drop me off... so I do have another battery but it points out how dependent I still am on power. In fact I just warned Scott on IM Read More
posted Saturday, June 24, 2006 7:15 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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"I will hunt you down"

I told a group of SBSers in Boston that I would hunt them down if they did not subscribe in their RSS reader to the Official SBS blog http://blogs.technet.com/sbs ...and let me say this to those of you guys reading this.... seriously.... if you do not Read More
posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:22 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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It's the hardware, dude....

<warning religious wars ahead> First off Vlad wrote an interesting 'why SBS works for Small business" on his blog.. and then EmailBattles has the audacity to say why Linux is superior to SBS.... ready for this? But while Vlad suggests that people Read More
posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:13 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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I really wasn't going to blog about SBS 2003 r2...but...

Okay so it's pretty clear from the public news that SBS 2003 R2 RTMd just recently.. and honestly.. I really wasn't going to blog about it... why?  Well because for one.. right after I would blog about the RTM RTMing you'd ask me "so what's the Read More
posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:02 PM by bradley | 9 Comments
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How long does is take you to reboot?

In the blog comments..... a poster says.... . Everytime I write up a memo to use WSUS it gets shot down by my boss as "Too dangerous", "It might break something", "But patches force me to reboot and I can't work then". and to that I say .. TOUGH. Reboot... Read More
posted Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:41 PM by bradley | 8 Comments
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Okay so a little 'too much' security sometimes..maybe is a good thing.

So I'm out searching the blogs tonight on Technorati and I hit and entry on myspace talking about SBS ... but.. uh.. like I can't to the page... and then it hits me.. I blocked myspace.com in ISA Server.  You know the other day when folks said Read More
posted Monday, June 05, 2006 5:28 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Chris... we shoot SBS stuff around here all the time...

I need to track down Chris Johnson and tell him we have an entire community out here just on SBS.. yes there is information specifically on SBS.... That can be a problem when it comes to getting help. "You might find Windows-type things on the Internet," Read More
posted Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:48 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Those dime store reading glasses...

" Age 40 is that magic number when you need those dime store reading glasses hung around your neck. " As stated by Grey Lancaster.... Dell, Microsoft and ESPECIALLY Apple's Ipods are making me go blind. Seriously... blind.. totally blind.. because Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 6:52 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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The SBS Community Survey... making your voice heard

 In many of these communities many folks have complained about Microsoft not listening.. well folks... and I'm sorry if you said in the past "Microsoft isn't listening"... well now it's more like "you aren't stepping up to the plate when asked". Read More
posted Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:47 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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At least the hold music isn't bad...

... so I'm calling for a hotfix.. and I'm insanely calling on a Monday late night...and I've yet to talk to a human yet just to tell them all I want is a hotfix.... so far I'm starting to memorize "Do you know there are free technical events in my area?"  Read More
posted Monday, May 29, 2006 11:37 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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So what is the SBS community really?

It all started when the SBS folks posted up their community survey... and it got me thinking about "What is Community anyway?" (and if you haven't filled it out .. please do) <update - Vlad's point/counterpoint is here> Is it full of nothing Read More
posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 6:31 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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My practice.. my risk

"How can I harden my SBS server?" "What's the best practice for SBS?" I really hate those questions.... I really do.  Because it assumes that each firm has the same assets, the same risks, the same everything.  And last I looked around... Read More
posted Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:30 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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How do you deploy?

The other day I was watching a webcast for all the new cool deployment tools of Vista for small to medium businesses... but there's one problem.... down here in the small biz space we don't buy the computers in a manner to deploy like we should.  Read More
posted Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:19 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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The guy is an accountant... can't you tell?

The Security Awareness blog .. Ma, Pa and the Corporate Clueless.... has a post about the Apple ads.. you know the ones where you can just tell the PC is a beancounter. I mean ...just look at the guy... beancounter... total beancounter isn't Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 6:53 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Working together with the competition

Grey's Anatomy and CSI Apple and Microsoft What do those have in common?  I'd like to tell both to "knock it off" and get along and work together better.  Today in the USA today they announced that my Sunday night fav of Grey's Anatomy is Read More
posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:38 PM by bradley | 6 Comments
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Pushing my buttons.. or CALs... as it may be...

So Dana pings me and says to me click here:  http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4923043  and then he says to me.. click on "customize"... okay.... done that... and then he says to me... scroll down to "Additional license"... and he asks me if Read More
posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:42 PM by bradley | 8 Comments
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No,Geoff, you don't have to put the ship in the bottle...you bought the ship in the bottle

Geoff.. I'm so glad you posted back because truly.. there IS NO HACKING.. noi KBs.. no nothing to do on a SBS box to support Outlook over http... you bought the ship in the bottle.. you don't have to put it together... it is already built for you. I Read More
posted Monday, May 15, 2006 9:57 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Mucking out the mess

I have a fish pond in the back yard.. well.. it's more like a mud/muck mess.. it was a bit icky after neglect anyway and the neighbor's act of cutting down the Pine trees did it in.  Which actually, we are soooo glad they cut those trees down... Read More
posted Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:31 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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There are just some days it's a sign not to be testing

... so MSDN's product key code database is down for the weekend.....I can't find my beta product key code...... and the only product key code I can find is my real product key code for my main server (I keep it at home for disaster purposes) and that Read More
posted Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:27 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Blog spam can't be effective, right?

I don't get it.. no one in their right mind would buy something from someone that blast posts on the comment section of a blog... I mean yeah I know they are just doing it to get their Google or WindowsLive search mojo juice...but this is ridiculous.....I'm Read More
posted Friday, May 12, 2006 6:37 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Note to self... when building beta boxes stop trying to move things

Okay I give up.. I'm building another SBS sp1 base..why?  Because it failed out during the install and said it couldn't apply SQL 2000 sp4... all because in the second screen of the "where would you like me to put your data folders and databases, Read More
posted Sunday, April 30, 2006 9:42 PM by bradley | 6 Comments
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SBS "CAN" exist with other domain controllers Rob....

So Rob sent me a comment via the blog........and since he didn't give me an email address.. I have to address him via this way.  But before you click to download the updated 06-015 patch, or reboot your box for the iTunes/Delta hotfix for ISA 2004 Read More
posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:10 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Ray... you were doing so good until that last part....

If you are setting up a network of up to 75 users, one of the moreeconomical choices available is Windows Small Business Server (SBS)2003.  The price of the operating system (say for 10 users) is around$1,800.  While that does not sound significantly Read More
posted Friday, April 21, 2006 10:20 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Sometimes I feel like Nicole Kidman...

There are times when it comes to Software Assurance I feel like Nicole Kidman... no.. seriously... I'm Nicole... and Microsoft is Tom Cruise over there... got a new girlfriend/future wife... new baby ...and where does that leave me?  I'm the original Read More
posted Wednesday, April 19, 2006 6:03 PM by bradley | 10 Comments
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The body count

All returns out the door.... Many more returns efiled this year than last..... One band-aided workstation that died on Friday.... One workstation that has a non functional mouse (ever try to drive a Windows workstation these days with no mouse?  Read More
posted Monday, April 17, 2006 10:48 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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